The planet’s native species is the Aquelish, of which there are three subspecies. The population is estimated to be 850,000 sentients, the vast majority of which are Aquelish. Ando’s capital is Quantill City, however the bulk of it’s population is distributed across the planet in underwater habitats and floating Raft Cities.

Ando and it’s Aquelish population were among the first to formally cede from the Galactic Republic at the beginning of the Seperatist crisis and join the fledgling Confederacy of Independent Systems. The planet contributed greatly to the Separatist cause during the Clone Wars, but fell to the advancing Republic forces in the third year of the war and has remained an occupied planet since that defeat.